My 1964 JFK (USA - Scott 1246) FDC Collection

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 13 Feb 2013 13:14

Washington D C.

Centennial cachet fdc with nice machine cancel.

Centennial cachets are a raised print known as Thermography Embossing or Verco Print. It was originally created to simulate engraving at a lesser cost. The process is done with a "thermo" unit attached to the end of an offset printing press, freshly printed inks are dusted with a clear powder compound. Excess powder on non-printing areas is removed by vacuum, the sheet passes under a heater at temperatures of 480 - 700 degrees celsius, which fuses the ink and powder compound together. The printing then raises to simulate the look of embossed engraving, the sheet passes immediately into a cooling section where raising action stops.

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 13 Feb 2013 16:21

Washington D C "First Day of Issue" - Physical Fitness & the Centennial of the Sokols in the USA.

The Sokol movement is a youth sport movement & gymnastics organization first founded in Prague in the Czech region of Austria-Hungary in 1862. Bohemian, Moravian, & Slovak immigrants & Czech-American citizens started the American Sokol Organization in St. Louis Missouri in 1865. By 1937, there were nearly 20,000 adults in areas as far-flung as New York City, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Oklahoma, St. Louis, Texas & parts of Canada.

Artcraft cachet fdc with physical fitness stamp depicting the discuss thrower, the 1948 Health Stamp (also depicting a discuss thrower) & JFK who was a long time advocate of physical fitness. New programs to help keep Americans fit were a hallmark of John F. Kennedy's administration.

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 14 Feb 2013 14:43

From JFK to LBJ!

Artcraft cachet with nice "Inauguration Day" machine slogan cancel.

Lyndon Johnson (LBJ) succeeded to the Presidency following the assassination of John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963, completed Kennedy's term & was elected President in his own right, winning by a large margin in the 1964 election. His campaign slogan was "All the way with LBJ". He escalated U S involvement in the Vietnam War, from 16,000 U S soldiers in 1963 to 550,000 combat troops in 1968. The involvement stimulated a large angry antiwar movement. He was the first sitting U S President to visit Australia, in 1966, where in Melbourne, Johnson's limousine was splashed with red & green paint. In Sydney, 10,000 demonstrated at Hyde Park corner as his motorcade came into the city from the airport. So perhaps his slogan should have been "Some of the way with LBJ". I am sure my neighbour at the time chanted something else!

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 15 Feb 2013 12:28

LBJ meets the Gemini Astronauts:

Unknown cachetmaker with nice machine 4 bar cancel

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 15 Feb 2013 13:04

5th Anniversary of Inauguration of JFK.

Unknown cachetmaker with nice machine 4 bar cancel

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 17 Feb 2013 01:34

5th Anniversary of Assassination of JFK:

Unknown cachetmaker with nice machine 4 bar cancel. Additional 1c Thomas Jefferson added to make up new letter rate for local letters of 6c.

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 18 Feb 2013 15:24

Washington DC & Moon Landing First Day of Issue

Artopages cachet fdc, with dual cancel, one "Moon Landing USA July 20, 1969" & the other "Washington DC September 9, 1969", the date of issue of the Moon Landing stamp. The cachet explains the relevance of the JFK stamp added to the cover.

Note on this cover the two date stamps are vertical to each other & I believe this to be a machine cancel.

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 18 Feb 2013 15:32

Washington DC & Moon Landing First Day of Issue

Unknown cachet fdc, with dual cancel, one "Moon Landing USA July 20, 1969" & the other "Washington DC September 9, 1969", the date of issue of the Moon Landing stamp. The cachet explains the relevance of the JFK stamp added to the cover.

Note on this cover the two datestamps are horizontal to each other & I believe this to be a hand cancel.

The landing on the moon was one of man's great achievements but I am not only puzzled by the dual cancel but also by the two different formats of the cancel.

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 19 Feb 2013 23:12

Washington D C

Unknown cachet fdc, although I suspect the cachetmaker to be "The JFK Philatelic Society" who were prolific with their "1st Cachets" for this issue. The design is for "Kennedy's Cabinet", but it is not clear if this was at the start of his presidency, at the time of his death or during his time as president. In my time of collecting these I have not seen this cachet before & indeed it is not listed in "Mellone's Specialized Cachet Catalog of FDCs". One must presume that other covers were done for the rest of his cabinet.

Stewart Lee Udall (January 31, 1920 – March 20, 2010) was an American politician & later, a federal government official. After serving three terms as a congressman from Arizona, he served as Secretary of the Interior from 1961 to 1969, under presidents John F. Kennedy & Lyndon B. Johnson.

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 19 Feb 2013 23:22

Cabinet Members Under Kennedy (for which cachets may exist):

Secretary of State - Dean Rusk, 1961
Secretary of the Treasury - C. Douglas Dillon, 1961
Secretary of Defense - Robert S. McNamara, 1961
Attorney General - Robert F. Kennedy, 1961
Postmaster General - J. Edward Day, 1961 & John A. Gronouski, 1963
Secretary of the Interior - Stewart L. Udall, 1961
Secretary of Agriculture - Orville L. Freeman, 1961
Secretary of Commerce - Luther H. Hodges, 1961
Secretary of Labor - Arthur J. Goldberg, 1961 & W. Willard Wirtz, 1962
Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare - Abraham A. Ribicoff, 1961 & Anthony J. Celebrezze, 1962

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 25 Feb 2013 17:30

Washington DC Inauguration Day Richard M Nixon:

Artcraft cachet with nice "Inauguration Day" machine slogan cancel.

Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974, when he became the only President to resign the office. Nixon had previously served as a Republican U.S. representative & senator from California & as the 36th Vice President of the United States from 1953 to 1961.

Nixon was born in Yorba Linda, California. He graduated & practiced law in Calfornia but moved to Washington to work for the federal government in 1942 & served in the U S Navy during W W II. Nixon was elected in California to the House of Representatives in 1946 and to the Senate in 1950. He in 1960, narrowly lost a presidential campaign to John F. Kennedy, and lost a race for Governor of California in 1962. In 1968, he ran again for the presidency & was elected & re-elected by a landslide in 1972. Nixon's second term saw the Watergate scandal and other misconduct, costing much of his political support, and in 1974, he resigned in the face of almost certain impeachment and removal from office, but received a pardon from his successor, Gerald Ford. He died on April 22, 1994, at the age of 81.

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 25 Feb 2013 17:41

Washington DC 1A:

Artmaster cachet fdc with "Conquer Muliple Sclerosis" machine slogan cancel.

Artmaster's cachet began in 1946. The company was founded by Bob & Mary Schmidt at home (dare I say "in the Schmidt house") & still owned by the family. They are printed by offset usually in one or two colours. Usually on the reverse there is a short biography or description of the stamp subject. Early covers were only in one colour. There is no description on the back of the JFK cover.

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 25 Feb 2013 18:00

Washington DC 5A:

ABC cachet fdc with machine 7 straight line bar cancel.

ABC, named after their founder, Al (Tag) Boerger, cachets, commenced in 1945 in Toledo Ohio & were soon to become a renowned cachet maker. ABC covers are easily identifiable with name printed on front /or back. Al died in 2001 at age 90, but his business is still carried on by his daughter Carolyn.

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 25 Feb 2013 18:10

Robert F Kennedy, 11th Anniversary of His Death:

Artcraft cachet fdc (JFK stamp added) with nice Washington DC machine first day of issue cancel.

Robert Francis "Bobby" Kennedy (November 20, 1925 – June 6, 1968), also referred to by his initials RFK, was a U S politician, a Democratic senator from New York, & a younger brother of President John F. Kennedy, serving as JFK's chief advisor during his presidency. From 1961 to 1964 he served as the U.S. Attorney General. In March 1968 Kennedy began a campaign for the presidency and was a front-running candidate of the Democratic Party. In the California presidential primary, on June 4, Kennedy defeated Eugene McCarthy. That night Kennedy was shot by Sirhan Sirhan, a Palestinian Arab. Mortally wounded, he died early in the morning of June 6.

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 25 Feb 2013 18:24

JFK or RFK

Wesley Cover Service (WCS) of Sydney Australia tried to create a cover for the 44th Anniversary of the Death of RFK, being nicely hand cancelled with Melbourne's "Shrine of Remembrance" pictorial postmark, from the St.Kilda Road Post Office.

Unfortunately then it all went wrong. JFK's photo was used as a cachet, JFK's photo was used on the "P" stamp affixed even though it said it was "RFK", & the cachet saying "Anniversary of JFK's death.

Michael Hudson, who owns WCS these days, was so confused he thought he was doing a JFK cover rather than a RFK cover. Just priceless how two of the icons of the 20th Century can be confused in this way.

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 25 Feb 2013 18:29

This is all of my Washington DC. Next we will chase a lassie in Tallahassee!

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 25 Feb 2013 18:49

Tallahassee is the capital of the U.S. state of Florida, & is in Leon County. Tallahassee became the capital of Florida in 1824 & now has a population around 182,000.

Tallahassee is a centre for trade & agriculture in the Florida Panhandle & is served by Tallahassee Regional Airport. With one of the fastest growing manufacturing & high tech economies in Florida, major private employers include General Dynamics Land Systems (military applications), & the Municipal Code Corporation, which specializes in municipal & county publications.

Bernard Billerth State Capital Cities cachet fdc with nice machine "Support Your Mental Health Association" slogan cancel. Bernard Billerth is from Middle Village New York.

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 25 Feb 2013 18:59

Believe it or not this is a Centennial cachet fdc, however someone has a pasted a magazine picture of JFK over the cachet. There is no value in removing the picture as the glue used has stained the cover. A different machine slogan cancel to the one above "ABCD Mail for Better Business Service" is on this cover. Different machine & maybe different Post Office as well?

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 25 Feb 2013 19:53

Flying Tiger wrote:That is an interesting collection. Do you have anything postmarked Cape Kennedy, Florida?

Flying Tiger

Cape Canaveral/Cape Kennedy is next.

The city of Cape Canaveral is located at the southern tip of a barrier island on the Atlantic coast of Florida. It is due south of the geographical feature Cape Canaveral (known as Cape Kennedy from 1963 to 1973) & separated from the mainland by the Banana River, Merritt Island and the Indian River from east to west.

Cape Canaveral, is a headland in Brevard County, Florida, near the centre of the state's Atlantic coast. Known as Cape Kennedy from 1963 to 1973, it lies east of Merritt Island, separated from it by the Banana River.

It is part of a region known as the Space Coast, and is the site of the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Since many U.S. spacecraft are launched from both the station & the Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island, the terms "Cape Canaveral," "Canaveral", or "the Cape" have become metonyms that refer to both as the launch site of spacecraft.

A post office in the area was built and listed in the US Post Office application as Artesia & retained this name from 1893–1954; & then became Port Canaveral from 1954-1962; & lastly the City of Cape Canaveral from 1962 to 1963 when a larger post office was built. But it appears the post office did not change it's name!

From 1963 to 1973 the area had a different name as US President Lyndon Johnson renamed the area "Cape Kennedy." President John F. Kennedy who set the goal of landing on the moon. After his assassination in 1963, his widow, Jacqueline Kennedy, suggested to President Lyndon Johnson that renaming the Cape Canaveral facility would be an appropriate memorial. Johnson recommended the renaming of the entire cape, announced in a televised address six days after the assassination. Accordingly, Cape Canaveral was officially renamed Cape Kennedy.

Although the name change was approved by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names of the Interior Department in December 1963, it was not popular in Florida, especially in the neighboring city of Cape Canaveral. In 1973, the Florida Legislature passed a law restoring the former 400-year-old name, & the Board went along. The name restoration to Cape Canaveral became official on October 9, 1973. The Kennedy family issued a letter stating they "understood the decision". NASA's Kennedy Space Center retains the "Kennedy" name.

So I believe the postmarks of Cape Canaveral are from the City of Cape Canaveral, not the Space Center of the same name. Was there a post office at the Space Center called "Cape Kennedy"? That is not clear, but there now appears to be one there now called "Kennedy Space Center"!

For want of a better term I would call this a bookmark. Cancelled with a Cape Canaveral wavy line machine cancel it also has a Cape Kennedy circular mark. There is no indication who made this item.

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 25 Feb 2013 20:56

Clyde J Sarzin cachet fdc with nice wavy line machine cancel. Clyde J Sarzin of Long Island New York. He was a prolilfic fdc & souvenir cover producer. Not only have I seen US covers done by him but also UK, France & Italy. His cachets are nearly always a stick on cachet & like the one above, usually a metallic cachet (note his insignia in the bottom right). Although he died in 1986, his cover business continued under the control of his daughter. This cachet design comes in Gold & Black & Silver & Black.

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 25 Feb 2013 21:02

Unknown cachet fdc with nice machine wavy line cancel.

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 25 Feb 2013 21:09

Artopages cachet fdc with nice machine wavy line machine cancel, note "First Day" rubber stamp in top right hand corner, this not something I have seen on an Artopages fdc before.

Referring back to my earlier dialogue on Cape Canaveral, the cachet refers to the change of name of the Space Center at Cape Canaveral to Cape Kennedy, not the city of Cape Canaveral, as you can see by the postmark.

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 25 Feb 2013 21:15

Unknown cachet fdc with nice hand cds cancel.

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 25 Feb 2013 21:24

Local Post fdc with 10c local post stamp apparently issued on the 1st Anniversary of JFK's death. It has a local post capsule pictorial postmark in red. JFK stamp also affixed & cancelled with Cape Canaveral cds hand cancel also on 1st Anniversary of JFK's death.

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 25 Feb 2013 21:58

Unknown cachet souvenir cover with pictorial postmark from the Kennedy Space Centre dated May 9, 1991, the Astronauts Memorial Dedication. In addition to the Flag Stamp & JFK, the cover has a local post stamp which has the names of the crew who killed in the Challenger Space Shuttle disaster.

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 26 Feb 2013 18:25

Belleview Florida is about 40 miles north west of Orlando, in Marion County, with a population of around 4,500. The name, Belleview, which means beautiful view, came from one of the original settlers whose daughter was named “Belle”. Said to be "The City with Small Town Charm", in the 1920s, fire destroyed almost all of the wood buildings in the centre of town. Only the Masonic Hall, which housed the post office, was spared & it still stands to this day. That building is located on Front Street. A second post office was built on the corner of Magnolia & Southeast Hames Road in 1954. A third post office was built in the 1960s, right next door to the second one on Hames Rd.

Artcraft cachet fdc with nice Belleview wavy line machine cancel.

Artcraft started making fdc cachets in 1939 & were the most popular. They used plain black ink engraved designs. Sometimes they had more than one design as they did with JFK, both of which I displayed on the first page under Boston.

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 26 Feb 2013 18:39

Cocoa Florida in Brevard County, with a population of about 17,000. Founded by fishermen around 1860, the origin of the name is unclear. A post office was established at Magnolia Point, & the city's first commercial building was erected in 1881. 1882 saw new settlement made under the name "Indian River City", which was unacceptable to the U.S. Postal authorities who claimed it was too long for use on a postmark. Not to be confused with "Cocoa Beach" where "a pink genie" resides, Cocoa is about 8 miles west of the city of Cape Canaveral.

Artmaster cachet fdc with nice machine wavy line cancel.

Artmaster's cachet began in 1946. The company was founded by Bob & Mary Schmidt at home (dare I say "in the Schmidt house") & still owned by the family. They are printed by offset usually in one or two colours.

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 26 Feb 2013 18:52

Crescent City is Putnam County, Florida about 40 miles north of Orlando. Located on two lakes the Crescent Lake lies to the east of town & Lake Stella is located to the west. The city has a total area of 2.1 square miles with a population of about 1,900.

Artmaster cachet fdc with nice "Pray For Peace" slogan machine cancel.

It is interesting to note that I have 7 fdcs addressed to Walter B Fowler, who lived in Pennsylvania, but all of those 7 fdcs are postmarked in Florida.

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 26 Feb 2013 19:01

DeBary is a city in Volusia County, Florida, on the northern shore of the St. Johns River near Lake Monroe, about 20 miles north of Orlando. It has a population of around 19,000 & was named after a wine merchant who planted orange groves & pecan trees.

Artcraft fdc with machine wavy line cancel. Artcraft started making fdc cachets in 1939 & were the most popular. They used plain black ink engraved designs.

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 26 Feb 2013 21:22

Deleon Springs is in Volusia County, Florida, with a population of around 2,600 & is about 40 miles north of Orlando. De Leon Springs State Park is located here, where the soda & sulphur springs promised visitors "a fountain of youth"!

Artmaster cachet fdc with nice machine wavy line cancel.

Artmaster's cachets began in 1946. The company was founded by Bob & Mary Schmidt at home & still owned by the family. They are printed by offset usually in one or two colours.

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 26 Feb 2013 23:16

Dundee is in Polk County, Florida, in the lakeland area, about 30 miles south of Orlando. The population is about 3,700. Originally a citrus growing area, Dundee now serves as a bedroom community to larger towns around it.

Artcraft cachet fdc with nice number 1 duplex cancel. Artcraft started making fdc cachets in 1939 & were the most popular. They used plain black ink engraved designs.

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 27 Feb 2013 13:21

Durant is in Hillsborough County, Florida. It is a small rural area undergoing transition to a residential community. Durant is about 12 miles east of Tampa & was named after a local farmer. Population unknown.

Boyco cachet fdc produced by Mike Boyar of New York, with nice cds hand cancel.

The Durant Post Office

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 27 Feb 2013 16:09

Eaton Park is in Polk County, Florida & appears to be part of the town of Lakeland. It is about 20 miles east of Tampa, (not far from Durant). Population unknown but referred to as a winter escape & named after state senator, O.M. Eaton.

Artmaster cachet fdc with 4 bar cds cancel.

Artmaster's cachets began in 1946. The company was founded by Bob & Mary Schmidt at home & still owned by the family. They are printed by offset usually in one or two colours.

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 27 Feb 2013 20:05

Green Cove Springs is in Clay County, Florida, with a population of around 7,000. The city is named after the portion of the St. Johns River upon which the city is built. The river bends here, & the area is sheltered by trees that are perennially green. First inhabited over 7,000 years ago by natives drawn by the warm mineral spring, known as the "Original Fountain of Youth". In the 19th Century it was a big tourist attraction. First developed by George E. Clarke in 1816 when he was provided land, under a Spanish land grant to build a sawmill. Green Cove Springs was established in 1854 as White Sulfur Springs but renamed in 1866. A U.S. post office was established nearby at Hibernia on June 19, 1849, but its name was changed on October 17, 1853 to Magnolia Mills, & on July 30, 1866, it was changed to Green Cove Springs.

Artmaster cachet fdc with nice machine wavy line cancel.

Artmaster's cachets began in 1946. The company was founded by Bob & Mary Schmidt at home & still owned by the family. They are printed by offset usually in one or two colours.

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 27 Feb 2013 23:15

Intercession City is a community located about five miles west of Kissimmee, Florida, in Osceola County, about 50 miles north east of Tampa. It has a population of about 500.

Artmaster cachet fdc with nice 4 bar cds hand cancel.

Artmaster's cachets began in 1946. The company was founded by Bob & Mary Schmidt at home & still owned by the family. They are printed by offset usually in one or two colours.

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 27 Feb 2013 23:24

Kissimmee is in Osceola County, Florida with a population of about 60,000 & is 5 miles east of Intercession City. Founded in the mid-19th century as Allendale, it was renamed Kissimmee when incorporated as a city in 1883. One can only wonder where the name came from.

Artcraft fdc with machine wavy line cancel.

Artcraft started making fdc cachets in 1939 & were the most popular. They used plain black ink engraved designs.

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 27 Feb 2013 23:40

Leesburg is in Lake County, Florida with a population around 16,000. It is located in central Florida, between Lake Harris and Lake Griffin about 25 miles north west of Orlando. Leesburg was first settled in 1857 by Evander McIver Lee. Several of his brothers followed him here. One of these brothers, Calvin Lee, was credited with giving the town its name. Leesburg became an important centre for watermelon production.

Unknown cachet fdc of a rubber stamp type with nice cds hand cancel.

Reverse of this cover has rubber stamp of W Frank Spoone's details. He was a prolific collector of these JFK town cancels. However I do not believe he was the cachetmaker, as other examples of this cachet that I have do not have rubber stamp of Frank Spoone on the reverse.

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 28 Feb 2013 22:47

Lynn Haven is in Bay County, Florida, about 5 miles north of Panama City, about 40 miles west of Tallahasse. It's population is about 18,500.

Fleetwood cachet fdc with nice machine wavy line cancel.

Fleetwood (which was the business name of the Unicover Corporation of Wyoming at this time) commenced making covers in 1929, with their first fdc in 1941. Their covers are always branded with the Fleetwood Insignia & have a linen-finish paper & usually have a narrative on the reverse. Mystic Stamp Company acquired Fleetwood in 2007

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 28 Feb 2013 23:00

Miami is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida. It is the 42nd largest city in the U S, with a population of 410,000, & probably the most world renowned place in Florida.

Miami is a major center & a leader in finance, commerce, culture, media, entertainment, the arts, & international trade. Miami's main four sports teams are the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League, the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association, the Miami Marlins of Major League Baseball, & the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League.

Unknown cachet fdc with nice Miami 2A wavy line machine cancel.

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 28 Feb 2013 23:04

Miami Florida

With a city of 410,000 there is going to be more than one post office

Uncacheted fdc with nice Miami 4B machine wavy line cancel.

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 01 Mar 2013 23:30

Nichols is in Polk County Florida, near Willlow Oak, about 15 miles east of Tampa. Details of Nichols are limited. There is no record of population. The Post Office is in Old Nichols Road.

Uncacheted fdc of the rubber stamp variety, of which I have seen a number of different colours, with nice number 1 duplex hand cancel.

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 01 Mar 2013 23:43

Orlando is in Orange County, Florida about 60 miles north east of Tampa with a population of about 239,000, the fifth largest city in Florida. Nicknamed "The City Beautiful" , it is also known as "The Theme Park Capital of the World", as it is best known for the Walt Disney World Resort located approximately 21 miles southwest in Lake Buena Vista, founded by the Walt Disney Company in 1971, the Universal Orlando Resort which consists of two parks, Universal Studios Florida and Islands of Adventure. Before European settlers arrived in 1536, Orlando was sparsely populated by the Creek and other Native American tribes.

Artcraft cachet fdc with nice machine slogan cancel "Support Your Mental Health Association".

Artcraft started making fdc cachets in 1939 & were the most popular. They used plain black ink engraved designs.

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 01 Mar 2013 23:55

Palm Beach is Palm Beach County, Florida. The Intracoastal Waterway separates it from the neighboring cities of West Palm Beach & Lake Worth. It has a population of around 10,500. A resort town, it was established as a resort by Henry M Flagler, a founder of Standard Oil, who made the Atlantic coast barrier island accessible via his Florida East Coast Railway. Palm Beach is the easternmost town in Florida, about 50 miles north of Miami.

ABC cachet fdc with machine wavy line bar cancel.

ABC, named after their founder, Al (Tag) Boerger, cachets, commenced in 1945 in Toledo Ohio & were soon to become a renowned cachet maker. ABC covers are easily identifiable with name printed on front /or back. Al died in 2001 at age 90, but his business is still carried on by his daughter Carolyn.

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 03 Mar 2013 18:04

Panama City is in Bay County, Florida & is the largest city (incorporated in 1909) between Tallahassee & Pensacola with a population of about 37,000 The original name of the town was Harrison, but was given it's present name because it was on a direct line between Chicago & Panama City, Panama, in Central America. The name change took place during the building of the Panama Canal, in hope of promoting real estate development in Bay County.

Fleetwood cachet fdc with nice "Pray For Peace" machine slogan cancel.

Fleetwood (which was the business name of the Unicover Corporation of Wyoming at this time) commenced making covers in 1929, with their first fdc in 1941. Their covers are always branded with the Fleetwood Insignia & have a linen-finish paper & usually have a narrative on the reverse. Mystic Stamp Company acquired Fleetwood in 2007

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 03 Mar 2013 18:10

Panama City - Hiland Park is in Bay County, Florida. The population is about 1000 but is now part of the city of Lynn Haven.

Panama City - Highland Park Rural Station 4 bar CDS handstamp on Fleetwood cachet fdc.

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 03 Mar 2013 18:20

Panama City - Mexico Beach is in Bay County, Florida with a population of about 1,100. It is about half way between Parker & Port Saint Joe.

Panama City - Mexico Beach Rural Station 4 bar CDS handstamp on Fleetwood cachet fdc.

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 03 Mar 2013 18:29

Panama City Southport is an unincorporated community in Bay County, Florida, about 6 miles north of Panama City, with a population of about 1,000.

Panama City - Southport Rural Station 4 bar CDS handstamp on Fleetwood cachet fdc

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 03 Mar 2013 18:41

Panama City - West Bay is a bay located just 6.2 miles from Panama City Beach, in Bay County, Florida. It is not clear how many people live here.

Panama City - West Bay Rural Station CDS handstamp on Fleetwood cachet fdc.

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 03 Mar 2013 18:46

Parker (part of Panama City) is in Bay County, Florida, with a population of about 4,400. It is about 2 miles south east of downtown Panama City.

Parker 4 bar CDS handstamp on Fleetwood cachet fdc.

BigSaint · Post by **BigSaint** » 03 Mar 2013 23:31

Pensacola is the westernmost city in the Florida Panhandle with a population around 52,000. Pensacola was founded in 1559 by a Spanish explorer named Tristán de Luna y Arellano. It was officially America's first settlement. After about 116 years of Spanish rule, the French took control over Pensacola from 1719 to 1722. The colony was then passed to the British who seized control of Pensacola temporarily through the Peace of Paris. Pensacola was also named the capital of the new British Colony. During the Civil War, Pensacola was a part of the Confederacy. The U S later regained control, & Pensacola was once again a part of the union on May 1862. Pensacola is a sea port on Pensacola Bay, which connects to the Gulf of Mexico. It is nicknamed "The City of Five Flags" due to the five governments that have flown flags over it during its history: the flags of Spain (Castile), France, Great Britain, the Confederate States of America, & the U S.

Artcraft cachet fdc with nice machine wavy line cancel.

Artcraft started making fdc cachets in 1939 & were the most popular. They used plain black ink engraved designs.